So, make sure you're not talking one thing and doing something else. The other piece is focusing on taking purposeful action because your words and your actions are congruent with who you truly are. Be able to address those needs, going in prepared. Pay attention and respect the needs of the people you want to lead and influence. And where that gets really complicated, is that what one person is going to need from you, to experience you as genuine, is going to be very different from what somebody else is going to need from you. It’s your audience that gets to decide whether they experience you as genuine, worthy of trust, reliance, and belief. Bill George wrote the book Authentic Leadership and defines authenticity as “genuine, worthy of trust, reliance, and belief,” which I think is awesome. You're throwing your darts in the dark.Īrruda: Are there key attributes that you believe successful leaders have?ĭavis: You can't force someone to want to follow you, right? They have to experience you as authentic. But if you haven't named it, you can't take aim in every situation you face. It begins with the question “why do I care?” What are the vision, mission and values of this organization? What is it that your organization is up to? Why do you personally care about that? What matters to you about that? What's the impact you want to have on your employees? What's the impact you want to have on your community or your client? And once you can name that, you can do something about it. Davis: It’s a lot simpler than most people think.
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